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• Anger makes dull men witty--but it keeps them poor. -- Sir Francis Baco
• The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.
  -- Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)...
• Generally he perceived in men of devout simplicity this opinio
  that the secrets of nature were the secrets of God, part of that glory into which man is not to press too boldly....
• Boldness is a child of ignorance. -- Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
• Knowledge is power. -- Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
• Rebellions of the belly are the worst. -- Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
• Sacred and inspired divinity, the sabaoth and port of all men's labours and peregrinations.
  -- Francis Bacon (1561-1626) -- Advancement of Learning, Book ii...
• It is the nature of extreme self-lovers, as they will set an house on fire, and it were but to roast their eggs.
  -- Francis Baco...
• Let us fly and save our bacon. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book iv, Chap. lv